GIA Blog

With a tumbling economy, declining attendance and tapped-out donors, things are hard enough for the arts, historical museums and other cultural institutions. That’s why it’s all the more disturbing to see Oregon lawmakers rummaging for money in the only statewide … Continue reading →

For-profit executives use business models—such as “low-cost provider” or “the razor and the razor blade”—as a shorthand way to describe and understand the way companies are built and sustained. Nonprofit executives, to their detriment, are not as explicit about their … Continue reading →

The good folks at Wolf Brown have some long experience on these topics, and share information on their Web site regularly. Mergers and Strategic Alliances discusses a number of the barriers to successful mergers,  both real and perceived, and offers … Continue reading →

The Met Opera’s recent admission that their famed Chagall murals are now providing collateral against existing debt raises anew a fundamental business question: is art an asset for a cultural institution? Read more.

The Paul G. Allen Family Foundation, 4Culture, the Seattle Foundation and the Seattle Mayor’s Office of Arts and Cultural Affairs commissioned Helicon Collaborative to interview leaders of diverse cultural organizations in the Northwest to determine the impacts the economy is … Continue reading →

…An examination of plans for foundation and corporate support in response to the current economic crisis. It is part of an ongoing Foundation Center research series intended to shed light on the impact of the economic downturn on the nonprofit … Continue reading →

Corporations and wealthy individuals are donating less to nonprofits, with arts groups taking the biggest hit, according to two new studies. Read more.

But let’s face it: If Moss Hart, like so many others, was able to rally from the depths of the Great Depression, then surely the viability of the American Dream isn’t in question. What needs to change is our expectation … Continue reading →

The LA Times has a piece up where they ask a lot of big name people on what they would do if they ran the NEA. It’s definitely a mixed bag. Rachel Maddow and Jon Robin Baitz have some good … Continue reading →

The much beleaguered L.A. Times recently asked a number of artists/cultural figures, etc, what they might do if they ran the N.E.A. This is well timed, as the new administration is about to make a decision on the matter. I … Continue reading →